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Venue
Wulfrun Hall, The Wolves Civic, North Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1RQ
(10 mins from bus/train st)
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Transport
If you have to go by car, go with
Freewheelers
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Event Organisers
The festival is organised by Midlands Vegan Campaigns, a small group of dedicated volunteers.
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Other Festivals
For details of the East Midlands Vegan Festival & other annual, local/national vegan fairs & festivals
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Other Attractions
Aswell as the delicious food & drink, the 57 stalls, wide range of speakers/workshops and cookery demos, the festival will feature various other attractions, including:
Local press adverts will offer the chance to win free goodie bags at the event! Only the first 200 people through the door(who present the relevant adverts on arrival) can claim the goodies! The adverts will be going in the Express & Star and the Wolves Chronicle the weekend before the festival. Many thanks to the following companies/organisations for donating samples of their products for the bags.
If you`ve got kids, be sure to arrive early so that they can enjoy our fantastic magic show with Kristoff the Clown. Starting at 11.30am upstairs in the Civic Bar, area 2 (see programme), Kristoff`s 50 minute show will provide lots of surprises, fun and laughter for all ages. And with children getting into the event for FREE, you can`t go wrong!
The annual Vegan Society Awards reward and encourage the people and companies making a difference to people, animals and the environment and show appreciation for those making veganism even easier and more convenient. The awards will be presented on the main stage in the Wulfrun Hall at 1.30pm. These are the awards:
- Best Vegan Fairly Traded Product
- Vegan Achievement Award
- Best Cruelty-Free Non-Food Product
- Best Vegan Catering
- Best Food Product
- Best Drink
- Best Retailer For Animal Free Shopping
- Best Vegan Environmentally Friendly Product
- Best Vegan Project or Campaign
- Best Vegan Accommodation
- Best Vegan Hospital/Care Home
- Best School/College/University
- Vegan Raspberry Award
Throughout the festival, we`ll be selling tickets for our Grand Raffle which will be drawn at around 4pm. We would like to say a huge thankyou to the following companies/organisations/individuals for their generous donations of prizes.
Great live music will provide a fantastic finale to the World Vegan Day celebrations! The Civic Bar on the first floor will be used throughout the day for talks, workshops and film screenings (see programme) but at 3.50pm the bar will open and you will be entertained by 2 very contrasting vegan performers.
- 4pm - Jennie B
- Songs, poems and tangential conversation. Previously, Jennie from Manchester has sung with the goth-rock band Resurrection and the folk band Spiderwoods. Now, the ethical, eco-warrior Jennie B has gone solo and recently performed at the London Vegan Festival. Hear Jennie`s beautiful voice on her Myspace page www.myspace.com/jenniebmusic
- 4.30pm - Chris Butler
- Protest folk singer. For the past 20 years, Chris from Derbyshire has entertained at gigs across the Midlands and beyond. He`s a very politically motivated songwriter. Where folk meets punk and protest meets resistance. He`s shared a stage with Chumbawamba, Eastfield, Robb Johnson and many more... Read more about Chris on his website www.butler1389.fsnet.co.uk
This will be a fun opportunity to meet likeminded people for networking, socialising or perhaps a little more...! Taking place in the Mezz Lounge at 4pm (see programme), you`ll have the chance to meet and chat to up to 25 people within the hour. The session has been organised by Love Foods - see the news section on their website for a report of a previous event. To register for the meeting/dating session, go to the Love Foods stall on the day. Over 18`s only. Open to vegetarians and vegans.
Many of the stalls at the festival will have special offers available on their products/services. See below for details:
- Animals Count - fair trade t-shirts reduced in price: Skinny fit(black, white, green, pink): £9.95 (size: S, M, L). Unisex t-shirts(black and white): £7.95 (size: S, M, L, XL, XXL)
- Beanie`s Health Foods - a 20% discount on Alicer`s gluten-free Burgers, B`Nice Rice Cream and Fry`s Vegetarian products
- Beans & Herbs - Any squash seed for £1.35, normal price £1.50
- Blue Lotus Products - 4" cakes discounted to £3.50 from £7.99
- BSustained - 10% discount off any vegan catering bookings made at festival or within November
- Conch Press Limited - `The Food Magicians Spellbook` - a magical vegan cookbook for children. Original price £17.97, discounted price £15.97
- Ecoflow - Beauty Without Cruelty Gift Baskets usually £30 for 10 items, £15 off today (50%). Also all Bioflow and Ecoflow Magnetic pain relief and guaranteed fuel saving devices 5% off today.
- Green Hands - free nail/skin consultations and will be offering discount vouchers for their website for those spending over £25
- Hippo Herbal - At least 50% discount off Hippo Herbal creams
- Love Foods - All Love Foods meals for £2.50, normal retail price is £3.25
- Pat Reeves - Her new book `A Living Miracle` at the discounted price of £7.99 instead of £9.99
- Plamil - All Plamil products at special discount prices
- Primal Snacks - £1 per Primal Strip and 6 for £5
- Sea Shepherd - with premium membership of £25 - a free T-shirt(normally £12) or a copy of `Sharkwater` on DVD (RRP: £15) while stocks last. Or any Sharkwater for £10.
- Spyder Ginger Beer - Temperance packs (containing 3 bottles) for £7 - usual price £7.50
- Vegan Organic Network - Free DVD to those joining VON (normal price £3). Also, back issues of the VON magazine will be on offer at £1, reduced from £2.
- Vegan Runners UK - sweatshirts at £12, original price £16, a reduction of 25%
- Wild Bare Naturals - Will knock 10% off the price of all their products
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Why Vegan?
People choose the vegan lifestyle for various reasons, including:
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Food Fair Reports
MVC has staged 2 very successful food fairs, in Birmingham & Lichfield. Click above for reports, photos & a film of the events.
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Local Veg Group
The local campaigning & social group is Wolverhampton Vegans & Veggies
Many more West Midlands groups can be found on our Links page.
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